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laughHlB:f, $lAfv [I]to make the typical sound of being happy or amused大笑; 笑出声They all laughed when she fell over.她跌了一跤，他们都笑起来。What a brilliant comedian--we couldn't stop laughing.多么优秀的喜剧演员----我们没法不笑。He laughed nervously when they asked him where he had been on that evening.当他们问他那天晚上在哪儿时，他紧张地笑起来。The joke made her laugh aloud/out loud.这个笑话让她笑出了声。All of the children were laughing at the clown, who was pretending to eat a book.孩子们都笑那个小丑，他假装吃一本书。If you laugh at someone or something you treat them as if they are not important or do not deserve serious attention.嘲笑; 鄙视If you don't say something better than that, people will just laugh at you.如果你不说些比这更好的，人们会嘲笑你的。Some of these stunt artists simply laugh at danger.有些绝技演员从容笑对危险。She's so amusing -- she makes me laugh.她那么滑稽----她让我发笑。His threats make me laugh (= I don't take them seriously).他的威胁叫我好笑。You'll pay? Don't make me laugh (= I don't take your suggestion seriously)!你来付钱？别开玩笑了。It was so funny that we laughed till/until we cried.那么滑稽，我们笑出了眼泪。(infml) We'll be laughing all the way to the bank (= earning lots of money easily) if this deal works out.要是这个买卖做成了，我们就发大财了。(Br infml) If someone is laughing they do not need to be worried by a particular situation, esp. because they will get some benefit from it.不愁; 庆幸If the storm holds off until we get to the shelter we'll be laughing.如果我们到了避雨的地方再下起暴雨，我们就可以庆幸了。If the loan is approved you'll be laughing.如果贷款批准了，你就不愁了。(infml) To laugh your head off is to laugh loudly and strongly or (fig.) to suggest that you don't believe something.笑掉大牙What a ludicrous story -- I laughed my head off.真是个荒唐的故事----我把牙都笑掉了。If you laugh in someone's face you show them an obvious lack of respect.当面嘲笑He suggested that they go on holiday together but she laughed in his face.他建议他们一起去度假，可她当面嘲笑他。(Br infml) When someone laughs like a drain they laugh very loudly.放声大笑It would be easy to laugh off his criticism (= pretend that it is less serious than it really is), but he did make some valid points.对他的批评一笑置之很容易，可有几点他说得的确有根据。If someone laughs on the other side of their face/ (Am also) laughs out of the other side of their mouth they were pleased at first but now they are upset or disappointed, esp. because something does not happen as they planned.转喜为悲She's pleased with her promotion but she'll be laughing on the other side of her face when she sees the extra work.升级了她很满意，可当她看到增加的工作就会转喜为悲了。(dated) It was an excellent film -- we laughed ourselves silly (= laughed very much).这是部极好的影片----我们笑坏了。The proposal for redevelopment of the area was laughed out of court (= dismissed because it was too silly).重新发展这一地区的建议太可笑，不予考虑。They're very polite in his presence, but all the time they're laughing up their sleeves (= are secretly amused) at him.他在场时，他们很有礼貌，但他们一直在暗暗嘲笑他。It might seem funny to you but getting stuck up a tree was no laughing matter (= was serious).在你看来可能很滑稽，但呆在树上下不来可不是开玩笑的。(infml) Sorry I smiled but no one was hurt and besides you've got to laugh/you have to laugh (= you must find the humour in a situation rather than worry about what might have happened).对不起我笑了，可这不针对谁，而且你也一定觉得可笑。Laughing gas is a type of gas which is used as an ANAESTHETIC (= substance which makes you unable to feel pain).笑气（一种麻醉剂）A laughing stock is someone or something which seems stupid or ridiculous, esp. by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding.笑柄Another performance like that and this team will be the laughing stock of the league.同样的表现再出现一次的话，这个队会成为联合会的笑柄的。Stop fooling around --you're making yourself a laughing stock.别到处干蠢事了----你使自己成了笑柄。(saying) 'He who laughs last laughs longest/ (Am usually) best'means the person who has control of a situation in the end is most successful even if other people had seemed originally to have an advantage.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。"Laugh and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone" (in the poem Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1883)“你笑，世界和你一起笑，/你哭，只有你一个人哭。”（选自埃拉·惠勒·威尔科克斯的诗《孤独》）
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